Origin of the third day of the week the different European languages (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 months ago by Servais@dormi.zone to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 25 points 4 months ago

Of course we can't even agree if it's the third or the fourth day

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 months ago

Most of my life I wondered why it's called "middle of the week" when actually Thursday's the day with an equal number of days in a week coming before and after. I often thought maybe weekend's subtracted. Only in my late 20s I learned that there are places where the first day of the week is Sunday lol

[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

The funny part is the green countries in this map don't start the week on a sunday. I guess they used to and the name stayed

[-] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

Neither does the week start on Sundays in the blue countries

[-] Freeman 2 points 4 months ago

I'm swiss and I always assumed its because of the workweek being Monday to Friday. But only a few decades ago Saturday was pretty mich a workday as well, so that probably isnt it

[-] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

More directly, we can't agree if Sunday or Monday is the first day. IMO Sunday is the first day. Calendars look better with the weekends acting like bookends.